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  1. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    The thing is, when we pick the ball up deep, we rarely, rarely look to use the middle in any sense. We either go for sweeping crossfield switch, a lateral carry and release to the wide areas, or we go long front to back and try to hit deeper pockets in behind and wide. I’m not imagining it mate...
  2. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    I agree with much here. That first-half is more of what I think is a major element hamstringing this side. On the one hand you have a home crowd who want an uptempo display. Then we have a system which ended up leaving us in the middle of nowhere. Soft mid-press which ended up giving vast...
  3. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    You’re missing my point. The players absolutely tried to play football. There is no structure of how to play front-foot football which uses the middle of the pitch or the relationships some of these players have. We are simply relying on them to do it themselves. And sorry, we did bring an...
  4. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    If we actually had a pattern of attacking play which valued areas of the pitch other than wide, we’d be creating more with that second-half attitude. What we saw was reliance on individual moments coupled with energy. Imagine what Xavi, Tel, and Muani might be able to create if we actually had...
  5. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    I genuinely don’t know if you understand my perspective. Yes, I appreciated the excitement. Anything after that first-half.
  6. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    Exactly. I appreciate the effort second-half, but it was essentially energised chaos-ball. With 10-15% more measure and quality, we’d have got way with showing up for one-half. If we actually had any notion of pattern going forward beyond ‘heavy pressing for a bit’ I believe we can get more out...
  7. thfcsteff

    João Palhinha

    He has been undeservedly maligned because he isn’t Pirlo or Odegaard. I agree. He has been really good, and today he was excellent.
  8. thfcsteff

    Sick sick world what is wrong with people

    I deleted comments I had made in exchange with a member of this forum. I did so because it is utterly pointless to engage with them and dignify their posts. I’m going to try and hold myself to a higher standard.
  9. thfcsteff

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    To the best of my knowledge mate, those on ‘the other side of the argument’ don’t try to repeatedly denigrate those (and the opinions of those) who don’t agree with them. It’s not a big difference to spot…
  10. thfcsteff

    Sick sick world what is wrong with people

    There are some egregious and utterly disgraceful tropes being hammered in this thread, with the sort of wind-up, provocative language I expect from bots. What a low-spot we’ve hit.
  11. thfcsteff

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    He was never my favourite player (indeed I’m friends with someone who was part of that team and thus heard much) however ‘loser’ is simply the wrong adjective!
  12. thfcsteff

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    You have to admit, it’s one hell of a loud and pointy-shouty voice though :-)
  13. thfcsteff

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    You do know that Vega is one of the few players who can claim to have been part of a cup winning side? I mean, denigrate him if you like, but he is not a ‘loser’…
  14. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    I'd have Olusessi, Kyrematen and LWB on the bench. Abbott would be good too but he's only just back from a loan so maybe too soon. I think Frank will go big with his selection. Me? I'd do this... Kinsky Spence Danso Dragusin Davies Odobert Gray Xavi Tel Scarlett Richy 4-4-2, give Odobert...
  15. thfcsteff

    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa FC ***

    Not leaving the pitch after his ludicrous red card with the appropriate amount of penance, and for not toadying up to the 4th official with a teary, apologetic spot of begging... Ludicrous!
  16. thfcsteff

    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur Football Club vs AFC Bournemouth***

    No, I don't care for Paratici either TBH. Maybe you're right on Lange, I've just never really liked him or his apparent direction TBH.
  17. thfcsteff

    25/26 Injury and illness thread

    Most of the squad had a proper pre-season/season off. A year further on from the post-Covid catch-up and dodgy World Cup placement. A wider pool of players to draw from (albeit as we are seeing the ones he has relied on heavily without rotation are going down - Porro being the freakish...
  18. thfcsteff

    Mohammed Kudus

    Errr, I think I am misreading your response? You've basically said what I was saying in another way? I mean, that was my point!
  19. thfcsteff

    Transfer thread

    Believe me, I don't sit here wringing my hands in some David Mitchell-esque frenzy about it! i have accepted it. And I think equally, we can accept a counter-view which says that dispensing with dquad members who do carry some positional and material value (even if they don't specifically fit...
  20. thfcsteff

    Transfer thread

    I think he could absolutely have been tested in a 'second striker as part of a pair' role, ghosting off the shoulder into channels. I think I was just surprised that a coach who has been mooted as someone that develops players and can sometimes adapt them found absolutely no way to rotate with...
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